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Forensics

Best Article Crime

Blood Will Tell: Part One

The murder of Mickey Bryan stunned her small Texas town. Then her husband was charged with killing her. Did he do it, or had there been a terrible mistake?

Pamela Colloff ProPublica May 2018 45min Permalink

Crime Science

The False Promise of DNA Testing

Once viewed as a forensic “silver bullet,” DNA evidence is coming under fire.

Matthew Shaer The Atlantic May 2016 25min Permalink

In the Land of Missing Persons

Alaska brims with stories of people who vanish and are given up for dead. Once in a while, the dead return.

Alex Tizon The Atlantic Mar 2016 25min Permalink

Crime

Framed By Forensics

Junky, out-of-date science fuels jury errors and tragic miscarriages of justice. How can we throw it out of court?

Douglas Starr Aeon Dec 2014 15min Permalink

Crime History Science

CSI: Italian Renaissance

On paleopathologist Gino Fornaciari and his investigations into murders from centuries past.

Tom Mueller Smithsonian Jul 2013 11h10min Permalink

History World

Mengele’s Skull

Tracking the Nazi doctor’s bones through South America.

Eyal Weizman, Thomas Keenan Cabinet Sep 2011 20min Permalink

Crime Science

Weird Science

The story of dog-scent lineup innovator Keith Pikett and the not-so-scientific science behind forensics.

Michael Hall Texas Monthly May 2010 35min Permalink